Newton recently joined other municipalities in Sussex County in hiring an in-house mechanic for fleet vehicle and DPW equipment maintenance and repair after choosing not to renew a contract with an independent repair shop. (Photo by Mandy Coriston) What’s driving mechanics away? A nationwide shortage of auto technicians is impacting our region, leading to a need for increased in-house municipal services,... Local News 27 Nov 2024 | 11:28
Cursive meets coding Ask your grandparents what primary school was like for them and they may recall strict penmanship lessons and sharp slaps... Back to School 16 Aug 2024 | 11:47
The ABCs of bus stop safety Designed with safety at the forefront, school buses are too heavy to roll over, too bright to miss and 70 times safer than... Back to School 16 Aug 2024 | 11:44
‘Too stressful’: why some students are saying no thanks to standardized tests As students across the tristate region sharpened pencils - or, increasingly, fired up computers - in preparation for multiple... Local News 02 May 2024 | 11:23
David Jerome Gregory David Jerome Gregory, known to all as Dave, left us to soar among the clouds on March 8, 2022. He was born to George Elmer... Obituaries 28 Mar 2022 | 07:07
New round of arrests announced following US Capitol breach A woman heard shouting at police to ``Bring Nancy Pelosi out`` to be hanged during the attack on the U.S. Capitol is among... Local News 26 May 2021 | 03:11
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant in Pennsylvania. Source: EPA.org. ‘You have to reassure people’ Richard Thornburgh, who steered Pennsylvania through the Three Mile Island nuclear plant meltdown beginning on March 28,... Letters to the Editor 04 Jan 2021 | 06:34
This is the sign Dennis Walto has placed on the lawn of his home in Bellvale. An election story As a Voter Protection Poll Observer in rural Pennsylvania on election day this year, I was struck by how spirituality and... Letters to the Editor 11 Nov 2020 | 11:13
Anna Yuknavich Anna Yuknavich, a long-time area resident, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, at the Valley View Center... Obituaries 20 Apr 2020 | 01:22
Tell us what you're up to Many of us are doing our part to stop the spread of coronavirus by staying put. What are you doing to keep yourself and your... Local News 17 Mar 2020 | 06:27
Target and stop human trafficking in your community Human trafficking is commonly thought of as a global human rights issue that disproportionately affects international migrants... Letters to the Editor 11 Mar 2020 | 08:41
New Jersey Senate agrees to ban single-use bags (AP) New Jersey is again looking to change the way customers take home food and beverages. The state Senate on March 6 voted... Business 11 Mar 2020 | 08:19
On National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day, show your support for Pennsylvania’s law enforcement community To the Editor: The statistics are devastating: In 2019, more than 260 officers were shot in the line of duty, and more than... Letters to the Editor 08 Jan 2020 | 06:33
Carl L. Herron Carl L. Herron, 91, of Oak Ridge, NJ., passed away on Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2019. He was born on Jan. 6, 1928 in New York City,... Error404 29 Aug 2019 | 04:49
A bald eagle at Shohola Marsh Reservoir, one of only two eagle release sites in Pennsylvania during the recovery program in the 1980s. With financial support from the Federal Endangered Species Fund and the Richard King Mellon Foundation, the Pennsylvania Game Commission imported young bald eagles from Canada and transferred them to Shohola. The game commissions says descendants of those birds nest in Pennsylvania and neighboring states today. ( Photo by Pamela Chergotis) Trump overhauls endangered species protections (AP) The Trump administration on Monday rolled out some of the broadest changes in decades to enforcement of the landmark... News 13 Aug 2019 | 08:25
